But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history.

  • -- Thomas Lynch 托马斯·林奇

但诗歌是一种语言,它不是它的主题,也不是它的创造者的背景,兴趣,爱好或固定。它比历史更接近话语。

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Always learn poems by heart,' she said. 'They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.

她说:“要把诗歌背下来。”“它们必须成为你骨骼中的骨髓。就像水中的氟化物一样,它们会让你的灵魂不受世界软腐的影响。

Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.

真正的诗,是过一种美好的生活。活在诗里胜过写诗。